..This study is the first to assess the prevalence of PV and ET in a large US population. Given the large number of individuals afflicted with these diseases and the fact that demographic changes alone will further increase the burden of..

Control selection strategies in case-control studies of childhood diseases

Xiaomei MaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USAAm J Epidemiol 159:915-21. 2004

..0% for 560 enrolled birth certificate controls), using birth records to recruit controls appears to provide a representative sample of children and an opportunity to assess the representativeness of controls...

Vaccination history and risk of childhood leukaemia

Xiaomei MaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USAInt J Epidemiol 34:1100-9. 2005

Xiaomei MaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USACancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1928-34. 2005

..These results offer indirect yet strong support for the infectious disease hypothesis in the etiology of ALL in non-Hispanic White children and highlight an important ethnic difference...

The cost implications of prostate cancer screening in the Medicare population

Xiaomei MaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center, Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutCancer 120:96-102. 2014

..Recent debate about prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based testing for prostate cancer screening among older men has rarely considered the cost of screening...

..In conclusion, the use of preoperative breast MRI has increased substantially among older women with breast cancer and is associated with an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with bilateral cancer, and more invasive surgery...

Pattern of hypomethylating agents use among elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

Rong WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USALeuk Res 35:904-8. 2011

..Relatively few MDS patients were treated with HMAs during the introduction period of these agents, and multiple patient characteristics such as sex, comorbidities, and MDS subtype influence the likelihood a patient receives HMAs...

Comorbidities and survival in a large cohort of patients with newly diagnosed myelodysplastic syndromes

Rong WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United StatesLeuk Res 33:1594-8. 2009

..This study confirms comorbidity as a significant and independent determinant of MDS survival, and the findings underscore the importance to take comorbid conditions into account when assessing the prognosis of MDS...

Shi Yi WangCancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research COPPER Center, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health Departments of Therapeutic Radiology Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences Urology Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CTMed Care 52:680-7. 2014

..To evaluate the contributions of patient and treatment factors to overall expenditures and regional variation for initial treatment of localized prostate cancer (CaP) in the Medicare program...

Neighborhood socioeconomic status influences the survival of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in the United States

Rong WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College St, Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USACancer Causes Control 20:1369-76. 2009

..In conclusion, this population-based study suggests that neighborhood SES status is a significant and independent determinant of survival among elderly patients with MDS in the United States...

Global burden of cancer

Xiaomei MaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USAYale J Biol Med 79:85-94. 2006

..96-1.59) and 1.20 (95% CI, 0.93-1.55), respectively] when the highest quintile was compared with the lowest. In conclusion, well and very well done meat was associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer in this cohort...

..Secondary changes were also similar to those described previously, with deletion of the second TEL allele being the most common. Other secondary changes included duplication of the fusion gene, trisomy 21, and monosomy X...